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Logistics companies and retailers are relying on technology to make new hires faster, as well as using gig workers and flexible scheduling to bring on workers as needed,” the ...

Last week, I took a long overdue look at the supply chain analyst community, centered to start around what may have been the peak of the analyst world in the early 2000s, with by my count at least 10 ...

Another Look Forward and Back, at an Underdiscussed Topic Gartner Acquisition of AMR Changed Everything Key Attributes across Different Analyst Firms ...

I SM also says that the overall economy continued in expansion for the 24th consecutive month. The PMI itself tracks closely but not exactly with the overall US economy. A Manufac ...

Mr. Gilmore serves as Chief Editor of Supply Chain Digest. He has a 15-year career in the supply chain industry, most recently serving as Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for RedPrairie.

Treat autonomy as a per-use-case decision rather than scaling every use case to the same level at once. Some processes are ready for AI to act autonomously within guardrails; others should stay at ...

AI is all the rage in supply chains and beyond, but many supply chains are taking the wrong approach to the technology, limiting results. That according to research firm Gartner in a September press ...

.The latest quarterly US Bank Freight Payment Index – Rates Edition showed contract and spot rates following different paths from June through August (Q3). Produced in collaboration with DAT Freight & ...

Track whether planners use new capabilities as intended, reduce manual workarounds, avoid reverting to legacy tools and improve decision effectiveness in their daily planning routines.

Progress has been slow since that news in 2013, slowed by regulatory issues, local opposition, and more. But as we reported in June, the regulatory barriers are falling rapidly. (See The Drone ...

Late last week, Amazon released its Q2 2026 earnings report. Below you will find some of the highlights. Supply Chain Digest Says... Together, fulfillment and shipping were therefore 93.4% of ...